[PATCH] powerpc: add crtsavres.o to always-y instead of extra-y

[Michael Ellerman]

Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy at kernel.org> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 6:55 PM Aneesh Kumar K.V
> <aneesh.kumar at kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> "Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 9:23 AM AEST, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> >> crtsavres.o is linked to modules. However, as explained in commit
>> >> d0e628cd817f ("kbuild: doc: clarify the difference between extra-y
>> >> and always-y"), 'make modules' does not build extra-y.
>> >>
>> >> For example, the following command fails:
>> >>
>> >>   $ make ARCH=powerpc LLVM=1 KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN=1 mrproper ps3_defconfig modules
>> >>     [snip]
>> >>     LD [M]  arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.ko
>> >>   ld.lld: error: cannot open arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o: No such file or directory
>> >>   make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modfinal:56: arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.ko] Error 1
>> >>   make[2]: *** [Makefile:1844: modules] Error 2
>> >>   make[1]: *** [/home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/Makefile:350: __build_one_by_one] Error 2
>> >>   make: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
>> >>
>> >
>> > Thanks. Is this the correct Fixes tag?
>> >
>> > Fixes: d0e628cd817f ("powerpc/64: Do not link crtsavres.o in vmlinux")
>> >
>>
>> I am finding a different commit ID:
>>
>> commit baa25b571a168aff5a13bfdc973f1229e2b12b63
>> Author: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
>> Date:   Fri May 12 01:56:49 2017 +1000
>>
>>     powerpc/64: Do not link crtsavres.o in vmlinux
>>
>>     The 64-bit linker creates save/restore functions on demand with final
>>     links, so vmlinux does not require crtsavres.o.
>
> Yeah, I think the correct tag is:
>
> Fixes: baa25b571a16 ("powerpc/64: Do not link crtsavres.o in vmlinux")

Yep, I used that when applying.

cheers